Massage appliance



May 22, 1928.

S. FALCK MASSAGE APPLIANCE Filed Aug. 27. 1926 iii) Patented May 22,1928.

UNITED STATES SIRI FALCK, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

MASSAGE APPLIANCE.

Application filed August 27, 1926, Serial No.

This invention relates to massage appliances, the movable parts of whichare operated by merely moving the device across the body. In thisrespect it has general reference to devices embodying-rollers.

Broadly, according to the invention, a plurality of parallel rollers ofaresilient nature are mounted upon a rigid base member which on its backsurface has a handle or hand grip, and the appliance so constructed isadapted to be held in the persons hand and moved across parts of thebody after the fashion of a brush.

In a practical construction of apparatus embodying the invention, thebase is 'of channel shape and the rollers have roughened, serrated,corrugated or fented peripheral surfaces and are mounted upon spindleswhich extend across said channel base and are mounted in its walls.

The invention will be the more readily understood by reference to thefollowing description and the accompanying sheet of drawingsillustrating a practical construction of apparatus constructed inaccordance therewith, and wherein Figure 1 is a front View of theappliance.

Figure 2 is an underneath view; and,

Figure 3 is a side view with one of the channel walls of the base brokenaway for the sake of clearness.

The appliance illustrated in the drawings comprises a base having a flatupper part 1 and downwardly extending side walls 2 which give said basea channeled appearance. The base, which may be a one-piece member orotherwise, may be of wood, ebony or any suitable composition orothermaterial. 7

Between the'channel walls of the base are accommodated a set of parallelrollers 3 rotatably mounted upon spindles which extend across the baseand are fixidly mounted in its channel walls. The rollers 3 which are ofrubber, may have hard cores to form bearings for the spindles, or in amodifica tion the spindles may be fixed within the rollers, saidspindles being rotatably mounted in the channel walls.

The rollers 3 are moulded to such a shape that each has a serratedperipheral surface, the serrations consisting of generously rounded ribs4 extending throughout the length of the roller. Each roller is also132,007, and in Great Britain March 27, 1926.

formed with a plurality of longitudinal-em itics 5 extending throughoutits length, said cavities corresponding in number to theribs 4 and beinglocated underthe thickest parts of said ribs. The said cavities increasethe resilient properties of the rollers.

For ease of manufacture, the rollers may each comprise a bunch ofcylindrical pieces of rubber or rubber tubing vulcanized together. Therollers may be of any shape other than that shown with peripheralsurfaces either smooth, roughened, corrugated,

serrated or fented in any desired fashions Further, said rollers mayeach taper from the centre to their ends or in other fashion.

A flexible strap handle 6 extends across the back of the base 1, and thesaid handle may be gripped in the hand, or the hand may be placed underit, in holding the appliance.

Owingto the novel and scientific shape and construction of the rollersand the suppleness of the ribs afforded by the cavities in each, thetreatment given by the appliance very closely imitates hand massagetreat ment. I

I claim 1. A hand massage appliance comprising a rigid base, a handlethereon, a plurality of spaced spindles carried by said base, resilientrollers mounted on said spindles, said rollers extending throughout thefull width of the base and being provided with a longitudinallyextending fluted outer surface, and also provided with a plurality ofcavities extending longitudinally through and disposed in radialalinement with said peripheral flutes. I

2. A hand massage appliance comprising a base of channelshapedforma-tion'and carrying a strap for receivingthe hand of theoperator, and a plurality of yielding massage rollers mounted in saidbase, each of said rollers comprising a body of resilient materialhaving an exterior fluted formation providing throughout the peripheryof each roller a plurality of alternating rounded ribs and V-shapedpockets, and alsoprovid ed with a plurality of openings extendinglongitudinally through the roller between the axis and each of theflutes.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature hereto this 26th day ofJuly 1926.

' SIRI FALCK.

